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There Be Pirates

Having just arrived in Penzance  for the second time this year in three months, I have to say how nice it is not having a savage cough, having to wear 4 layers and worrying about being ill. It rained for a small section of the journey down and west, but, when I got to Penzance and parked up, the Sun came out and the cloud cover disappeared.

I have given myself a rubbish budget of £30, something that Lucas disputed and tried to offer me £10 of his money, so I would have more to spend. I explained to him, that these adventures only work and can continue if I don’t overspend money. I can then prove I can survive on next to nothing and it will have all been worth it. He then said to me “Enjoy your broke holiday” 🤣

I spent £10 already, by buying a coffee at Fleet and then a pretzel, decaf coffee for the week, some tofu (don’t comment, I like it) biscuits and a drink that was horrible. Oh and dinner for this evening Vege burgers. All in all I ended up spending £15, half my budget. I didn’t think that was a problem as it doesn’t include petrol home and parking costs.  But, it does include bus fare, I then went to play on a fruit machine with the remaining change I had in my wallet, which was 0.90p and won £5. My budget for the remaining time has now increased to £20. So not bad.

I am just finishing up my dinner as I write this before heading off to Sennen for the evening walk and live broadcast…

The (Dread) house at end of the World. Live at 7pm-ish

Apologies for the extremely poor quality of the podcast, the live broadcast didn’t work the first time but then it worked the second with only one listener. I think that was better than now.

The Windy Podcast

Recorded on my phone

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Penzance in my pants

Sitting in a tea shop on Market Jew street in the centre of town and I finally saw in Penzance what every one else was seeing and I mean Lucas and Jo.

Penzance is quite the lovely town, of course there are parts of it that are a little run down but my snobbery and bias towards St Ives has always held me back. Once you explore all of it and see it for what it is, it’s much nicer than I once thought.

Still not as nice as Hayle or Heyl as it is known in Cornish (a made up language of gibberish, the yolkels claim to speak), the list is as follows. And no I am not apologising for that.

View to St Michael’s mount, the hidden high streets, the ghost stories, the lagoon, the arcade, the pasty shops, the walk to Marazion and Newlyn, the YHA, it has a hospital, the harbour etc.

This is the first of many adventures here in west Cornwall in 2023.

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Penzance to Land’s End

Welcome to my favourite hike, it is only 16 miles long but covers some breathtaking scenery and some beautiful little villages along the way. Just outside of Mousehole (mouzal) there is Reginnis hill leading into Reginnis. It is the hardest hill I have climbed and not a lot of fun. There is where the Hike n Pod show was born accidentally. I am hoping to give it another go this year.


Download the gpx file for gps (right click save target as)

Penzance

St Michael’s Bay

The Harbour

Scarecrow

Mouzal bay

The big hill

Slipped, see 2004

Hike n pod logo

First view of the end

Almost kenopsia

The Last Bus Home (2011 version)

by Mostly with Nicole Flodin lead by vocals & ad libs by Cornish Tom

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